<p><em>SARASOTA</em> - A subsidiary of Pines of Sarasota bought an office building, two warehouses and eight acres of land just north of downtown from a Jacksonville cement company.</p><p>The subsidiary, 1100 Central Avenue Corp., bought the properties from Gate Precast Co., a company managed by Dean Gwin, for $1.9 million.</p><p>Pines of Sarasota is a nonprofit company that provides housing and nursing home care for about 250 needy seniors on its 17-acre campus just north of the purchased properties.</p><p>"We're not ready at this point to provide a statement about how the land will be used," said John W. Overton, the organization's president and chief executive.</p><p>But Overton said it is safe to assume the property will provide an opportunity for Pines of Sarasota to expand services.</p><p>"The land we just bought is right next to our property between 12th and 17th streets on Orange Avenue," he said.</p><p>Founded in 1948 by the Kiwanis Club of Sarasota, Pines of Sarasota now operates a 10-building senior care campus.</p><p>The former owner of the Central Avenue properties paid about $2.4 million the land.</p><p>Gate Precast bought the 2,100-square-foot office building at 1199 N. Orange Ave. and an adjacent 18,414-square-foot heavy industrial warehouse for $1.237 million in August 2001.</p><p>It paid another $1.174 million in May 2006 for the rest of the property, which included a 3,128- square-foot warehouse and three acres.</p>